All Q&A articles – Page 53
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FeaturesPhillip Noyce
As Sony’s summer blockbuster Salt rolls out across Europe, director Phillip Noyce talks about working with Angelina Jolie and why he isn’t ruling out a sequel.
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FeaturesHadi Hajaig
British writer/director/producer Hadi Hajaig talks about his latest project, a London based terrorist thriller called Cleanskin, which is currently shooting in London with Sean Bean and Charlotte Rampling.
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FeaturesFrank Marshall
Veteran producer Frank Marshall talks about shooting The Last Airbender with M Night Shyamalan in Greenland, tax breaks and his philosophy on producing.
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FeaturesHaifaa Al Mansour
Saudi-born filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour talks about her upcoming feature debut Wajda, which was awarded the $100,000 Shasha Grant at the Circle Conference in Abu Dhabi last year.
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FeaturesMatt Reeves
Cloverfield director Matt Reeves talks about his follow up, Let Me In, a remake of Swedish vampire tale Let The Right One In, which is currently in post production.
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FeaturesFernando Sulichin
Fernando Sulichin talks about producing films for the likes of Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and David Lynch — and how success can’t only be measured in opening-weekend results.
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FeaturesDavid Weisman
On the 25th anniversary of Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, its producer David Weisman talks about its ongoing legacy, and his current collaboration with Paul Schrader on the Bollywood/Hollywood fusion Xtreme City.
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FeaturesLyn Goleby and Richard Eyre
City Screen Managing Director Lyn Goleby and acclaimed theatre and film director Richard Eyre reflect on the growing appeal of the “live” cinema experience.
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FeaturesBen Miller
The comedian turned film director talks about his debut feature Huge, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival and stars Noel Clarke, Johnny Harris and Thandie Newton.
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FeaturesRosa Bosch
Rosa Bosch has spent the last year building B&W Films, a London-based management and production outfit, which looks after a small but prestigious stable of artists on their fiercely independent projects.
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FeaturesJonny Persey
The head of Met Film School and Met Film Production tells Wendy Mitchell about the synergies between education and production and talks about forthcoming projects including Donor 150 and Maakbet.
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FeaturesWayne Borg
The COO of Abu Dhabi’s twofour54 talks about his ambitions for the media zone, and what makes it different from other entertainment organisations.
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FeaturesAude Hesbert, festival director of Paris Cinema
Paris Cinema aims to offer French cinema-goers a taste of the latest films from festivals around the world. Festival director Aude Hesbert explains the festival’s ethos and plans for this year’s edition.
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FeaturesHattie Dalton
The director of Third Star, which the Closing Night Gala at EIFF, talks about her experiences of shooting the low-budget film in a remote part of Wales and how she set out to confound genre expectations.
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FeaturesKarl Golden
The Irish director talks about making his second feature, Pelican Blood, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last week.
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FeaturesAnna Godas, Dogwoof
Dogwoof CEO Anna Godas talks about the challenges and rewards of distributing socially conscious films.
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FeaturesJohn Schoonraad
John Schoonraad has spent over 30 years working in prosthetics and life casting for films. He set up his own company eight years ago, Life Cast Limited, which he runs with his two sons out of a workshop at Elstree Studios.
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FeaturesLucy Walker
UK-born director Lucy Walker talks about the challenges she faced making her nuclear weapons documentary Countdown To Zero, and why she was honoured to be one of a handful of women directors at this year’s Cannes film festival.
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FeaturesThelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese’s editor Thelma Schoonmaker talks about moving into 3D with The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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FeaturesElisa Salinas
Mexican businesswoman and leading film/TV producer Elisa Salinas talks to Chris Evans about her own companies, Television Azteca and Corazon Films, and her new post on the board of Filmax.